STEP - Science and Technology in the European Periphery

The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science invites applications
for one- or two-month Dissertation Research Fellowships and nine-month
Dissertation Writing Fellowships for doctoral students in the history of
science, technology and medicine, broadly construed.

The Center is a consortium of cultural and educational institutions
offering exceptional resources for research. Our fellows are part of a
challenging and collegial community and can participate in many public
and scholarly events as well as informal reading and writing groups held
at the Center and throughout the region.

The Center's consortium includes Johns Hopkins University, Princeton
University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Academy of Natural
Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Chemical Heritage
Foundation, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Franklin
Institute, the Hagley Museum and Library, the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia, and the Wagner Free
Institute of Science. For descriptions and links to consortium members'
collections, see http://www.pachs.net/members.

The deadline for applications is 10 January 2011. For detailed
information and to apply online, go to http://www.pachs.net/fellowships.

Babak Ashrafi
Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science
431 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
267.386-3487
www.pachs.net